Shadowing/Research at Yale ED

[coachriley5]

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I am currently doing shadowing and research during the summer in the Yale NH ED. I wanted to know if it was favorable for schools to see that I actually did internship at Yale hospital, compared to (for eg.) Bridgeport hospital. I am just curious....thks

 

[ADeadLois]

I am currently doing shadowing and research during the summer in the Yale NH ED. I wanted to know if it was favorable for schools to see that I actually did internship at Yale hospital, compared to (for eg.) Bridgeport hospital. I am just curious....thks

An ED is an ED. All else being equal, you won't be favored over someone who worked at Bridgeport hospital. Sorry to burst your ego bubble.

 

[coachriley5]

thanks, thought so.. by the way, im far from having an ego

 

[zimmie256]

An ED is an ED. All else being equal, you won't be favored over someone who worked at Bridgeport hospital. Sorry to burst your ego bubble.

I agree that this is probably true, but I think the OP had a fair question. Lots of people out there wondering about this...

Anyway, I doubt it makes much of a difference, but if for example, you got an LOR from someone at Yale that you did your internship with, who was known by people on your adcom, like it or not, it could make a small difference.

 

[AmoryBlaine]

I am currently doing shadowing and research during the summer in the Yale NH ED. I wanted to know if it was favorable for schools to see that I actually did internship at Yale hospital, compared to (for eg.) Bridgeport hospital. I am just curious....thks

This seems very much like a question you could answer on your own.

 

[hellodoc]

I think if you apply to Yale Medical School and interned at Yale Hospital and shadowed some doctors and loved your experience there you can talk about how you loved the Yale Medical environment and all the doctors there and it would help you a great deal. I know people that did the exact same thing at SUNY Stony Brook and got in with no questions asked🙂

Good Luck

 

[ADeadLois]

I agree that this is probably true, but I think the OP had a fair question. Lots of people out there wondering about this...

Anyway, I doubt it makes much of a difference, but if for example, you got an LOR from someone at Yale that you did your internship with, who was known by people on your adcom, like it or not, it could make a small difference.

Yeah, I suppose if you can procure an LOR it might make a difference. But then again, who's to say someone at Bridgeport hospital won't be well-known by an adcom? Just because it's Yale doesn't automatically make it a more favorable experience.

 

[microgin]

Yeah, I suppose if you can procure an LOR it might make a difference. But then again, who's to say someone at Bridgeport hospital won't be well-known by an adcom? Just because it's Yale doesn't automatically make it a more favorable experience.

BTW, Bridgeport Hospital is an affiliate of Yale New Haven Hospital, much the same as Greenwich Hospital is. Therefore, the docs are all a part of the Yale Medical Group as far as I know. I'd go wherever it's more convenient for you and where you think you'd get the most experience.

 

[MarzMD]

I dont see how having this question answered is even relevant to your situation. How would you even use this information if there was even a real answer to this question?

 

[LizzyM]

Consider too, that while Yale NH Hospital is not in the best of neighborhoods (but far better than it was a generation ago when it was surrounded by slum housing), B-port has a reputation for being a poor, "inner city" community (although the reputation may not be well known outside of the corridor between New York & New Haven) and so working at Bridgeport Hosptial would give you an excellent ED experience.

The place doesn't matter as much as what you'll be doing and a combination of shadowing and research sounds like it would be impressive regardless of where you do it. Having a LOR from your research mentor/supervisor would be very good, too and if that person has a faculty appointment at Yale (as docs at YNHH & BH have), all the better.

 

[C.P. Jones]

what does doing research in yale ED mean?

 

[LizzyM]

what does doing research in yale ED mean?

ED = emergency department.

I think that the OP is doing clinical research in the emergency department at Yale. It might mean identifying eligible participants based on their clinical attributes, getting informed consent, administering questionnaires, recording medical record numbers, etc so that data can be retrieved later (chart review or database quiry). Some clinical trials (studies or new drugs & devices) and quality assurance studies are conduced in that setting, too.

 

[C.P. Jones]

ED = emergency department.

I think that the OP is doing clinical research in the emergency department at Yale. It might mean identifying eligible participants based on their clinical attributes, getting informed consent, administering questionnaires, recording medical record numbers, etc so that data can be retrieved later (chart review or database quiry). Some clinical trials (studies or new drugs & devices) and quality assurance studies are conduced in that setting, too.

ooohhh, ok. i knew the ED part, that's why i was confused. i was only thinking about the stereotypical bench-top research

 

[coachriley5]

i didnt mean to put down bridgeport hospital, i just used that as an example of any other hospital... thks for all the input everyone.. i knew the answer i was just curious of what others felt..

 

[Duchess742]

i don't think that the fact that you did the internship at yale hosp will help you. however, if it's closer to the med school campus than bridgeport is (i have no idea, as i'm unfamiliar with CT geography), then you might encounter drs who are more closely connected with yale med adcom members. also, the person you work with might be more closely affiliated w/ the yale adcom than his/her bridgeport counterpart would be. lol, i know all that's a stretch, but it seems like you might have an advantage in your application to yale med (if you're applying there) but prob not to anywhere else.

p.s. your avatar reminds me that i have to finish watching my grey's season 1 dvds 😉

 

[nibrocli]

I think if you apply to Yale Medical School and interned at Yale Hospital and shadowed some doctors and loved your experience there you can talk about how you loved the Yale Medical environment and all the doctors there and it would help you a great deal. I know people that did the exact same thing at SUNY Stony Brook and got in with no questions asked🙂

Good Luck

huh? umm . . . no.

i agree with the other posters. maybe an LOR out of it might help a bit, but that's probably it.